Part of the reason why Su Xin wanted to set up a military organization of his own was for the sake of the imperial court and the Tie Family.
Currently, Su Xin was one of the four Super Arresters of the imperial court and an important minister of the Zhou Kingdom. However, if something happened to him, he would have to stand against the imperial court and the Tie Family. What would happen to his men at that time?
Currently, Su Xin had a lot of trusted subordinates in Six Fan School. Almost all the people in Beiyuan Taoism were Su Xin's men. Over the years, Su Xin had asked Huang Bingcheng to secretly infiltrate and develop many Wind-chasing Patrolmen and secret agents of the Six Fan School into his trusted subordinates.
However, these people were always the minority. Although most of them thought that they were on Su Xin's side, if the imperial court's order and Su Xin's order came at the same time, who would they listen to? Most of them would listen to the imperial court.
Therefore, it was quite necessary to set up a force of his own.
As the name suggested, the Shadow Guard established by Su Xin was a group of people who walked in the dark. Su Xin did not intend to completely imitate the system of Six Fan School. Instead, he planned to divide it into two parts.
One of them was naturally an intelligence organization. Su Xin was going to pull his old subordinates in Six Fan School to be in charge of this. After all, they had experience in this area and were trustworthy.
The other was a military assassination organization. It was not in the open, but existed in the dark.
These people Su Xin planned to use some of the Su Family as the foundation, plus some of the forces that Su Xin had cultivated in Jiangnan Taoism.
The people of the Su Family were talented and powerful, but unfortunately, they had not been in Jianghu for long and were not ruthless enough.
What kind of people were Su Xin's subordinates in Jiangnan Taoism? They were all bandits and villains who had been recruited by him. In the early years, they had followed him to destroy sects and kill countless people.
Later, although Su Xin left Jiangnan, Li Bo, who succeeded Su Xin's position, was not an easy person to deal with. His killing intent was no less than Su Xin's.
Therefore, the constables of the Six Fan School in Jiangnan could be said to be some extremely vicious people. Moreover, they had no respect for the imperial court and completely followed Su Xin's lead.
The only shortcoming of this batch of people was that their strength was too weak. It was rare for them to break through to the Xiantian realm.
This wasn't because they didn't work hard, but because they weren't very talented. Otherwise, they wouldn't have been reduced to bandits.
Therefore, Su Xin planned to take the warriors in the Divine Transformation Realm and the Harmonious Realm of the Su family as their teachers. They would be responsible for teaching them martial arts in the Shadow Guard and improving their strength. He would also take out some of the secret techniques of the Su family as rewards.
Moreover, some of the young disciples of the Su family would also train with them.
Compared to the warriors in the Divine Transformation Realm and the Harmonious Realm of the Su family, the young disciples of the Su family were talented and more malleable. Su Xin believed that their future achievements would definitely be higher than those of the elders of the Su family.
Ji Yancheng didn't even think about Su Xin's request. He directly said, "No problem. I approve of this matter."
Su Xin nodded and said, "Thank you for your approval, Your Majesty. The second thing I want is a piece of land. A piece of land that belongs to me!"
As soon as this was said, Ji Yancheng's expression suddenly changed.
Even if Su Xin's request was not too big, it was close to it.
It should be known that although there were many dukes and marquises in the Zhou Kingdom, they were actually only in name. They only had a reputation, and they usually stayed in Shengjing City. They didn't have any land at all.
The only people who had land in the Zhou Kingdom were the princes. However, these princes were also in name only. After all, there were the chief of the army and the chief of detectives of the School of Six Doors in their fiefs. Could these princes take them all in?
However, Su Xin was different. Su Xin's strength and the power he held in his hands were amazing. If he was really given a piece of land, it would be like an independent kingdom for Su Xin.
Ji Yancheng forced a smile and said, "My dear Su, please wait a moment. This matter is very important. I still need to think about it."
As he said this, Ji Yancheng directly left. He didn't go to think about it. He went to ask for Ji Xuanyuan's opinion.
Ji Yancheng was now scared. The feeling of falling from the position of crown prince was not good. He didn't want to go back to that kind of dark and dreamy life. Therefore, he had to be careful with every step he took. He was afraid that if he did something wrong, he would not be able to keep his position.
The current Ji Yancheng's personality seemed to be reversed from the previous Ji Yanxiu's. After one gained power, his ambition soared and he acted arrogantly. The other became worried about gains and losses and was cautious.
In Ji Xuanyuan's palace, when Ji Yancheng told Su Xin's request to Ji Xuanyuan, he didn't feel anything. Su Xin's request was very normal.
If he didn't have ambition, why did he help Ji Yanxiu get the throne and now choose to help Ji Yancheng get the throne?
Everyone in the Zhou Kingdom had ambition and had their own interests. As long as they didn't touch their own interests, it was fine.
Ji Xuanyuan only represented the interests of the Ji Royal Family. As long as Su Xin didn't harm the interests of the Zhou Kingdom or them, then there was no harm in agreeing to Su Xin's request.
"Did Su Xin say where he wants his land?" Ji Xuanyuan asked.
"No, Su Xin only said he wants a piece of land." Ji Yancheng said.
Ji Xuanyuan nodded in understanding. This Su Xin still knew the rules. In his impression, although Su Xin was ambitious, he wasn't the greedy kind.
Among the 49 paths of the Zhou Kingdom, Su Xin's power was the strongest in Jiangnan Path. If Su Xin asked for Jiangnan Path's land, not only the imperial court wouldn't agree, even the military wouldn't.
Jiangnan Path was so prosperous. Currently, the military's Harmonious God Realm warrior, 'Blood Qi River' Gu Donglai was guarding Jiangnan Path. If Jiangnan Path's land was given to Su Xin, what would the military do?
Therefore, since Su Xin didn't say which land he wanted, then the imperial court was easy to deal with.
Ji Xuanyuan said indifferently, "Your Majesty, you are the ruler of the Zhou Kingdom now. Therefore, you need to make your own decisions regarding the internal affairs of the Zhou Kingdom.
We can agree to Su Xin's conditions, but the specific operation depends on you. I will only give you a few suggestions. When the time comes, you will answer Su Xin. "
As he said this, Ji Xuanyuan ordered someone to take out a map of the 49 paths of the Zhou Kingdom and said, "The prosperous land of the Central Plains can't be given to Su Xin. This precedent can't be set. The Central Plains must be controlled by the Zhou Kingdom.
As for the remaining places, the chaotic Liangzhou Path can be given to Su Xin. There isn't much power left in this place. Only a part of the Six Fan School's secret agents are here.
The Northwest Path can also be given to Su Xin. There are many foreign tribes and martial arts forces that rose from the wilderness here. Although they surrendered on the surface, they are very unstable. The imperial court is also very difficult to control. It just so happens that Su Xin has the strength. If he wants this place, it can be given to him.
Another one is the border between the Western Frontier and the Central Plains. Although this place is called the Western Frontier Path, most of it is the territory of Esoteric Buddhism. Su Xin has cooperated with Esoteric Buddhism before. If he wants this place, it can be given to him.
As for the reason to give these lands to him, whether it's a noble title or an official title, it's up to Your Majesty to decide. I don't care. "
Ji Yancheng bowed and said, "Thank you for your guidance, Old Ancestor."
His bow was sincere. Ji Xuanyuan and the other members of the Ji Royal Family would completely stand on the side of him, the king of the Zhou Kingdom.
Because the Ji Royal Family belonged to the collateral bloodline, they couldn't inherit the throne. Ji Yancheng didn't have to worry about them usurping the throne. On the contrary, he had to use the greatest effort to win them over. After all, everyone was from the Ji Royal Family. The emperor needed the Ji Royal Family to ensure their position, and the Ji Royal Family also needed the emperor of the Zhou Kingdom to favor the Ji Royal Family in the distribution of various cultivation resources.
So as long as Ji Yancheng didn't court death himself, Ji Xuanyuan didn't mind giving him a few more words. After all, if Ji Yancheng had one-tenth of Ji Haodian's ability, the current Zhou Kingdom could be considered stable. Although he couldn't develop, it was enough to defend.
Back in the palace, Ji Yancheng had a plan in mind. He directly told Su Xin these three places and let Su Xin choose for himself.
In fact, Su Xin had already thought about the three places that Ji Yancheng gave him. With his current strength and status, the Zhou Kingdom wouldn't hand over the Central Plains to him.
Su Xin wanted a piece of land to settle down his real power, so the first thing he wanted was independence.
Although Su Xin's power in Beiyuan and Jiangnan was strong, one of these two places was the imperial city of the Zhou Kingdom, and the other had the power of the Xiao family and the military. There were too many checks and balances. They weren't suitable for his foundation, so Su Xin had to choose another place.
Su Xin had been to these three places, Liangzhou Road. There were countless thieves and murderers there. Even with Su Xin's current strength, he couldn't subdue them.
The most important thing was that this place was close to the thirty-six countries of the Western Region. If the thirty-six countries of the Western Region made a move, the power under Su Xin would become the barrier of the Zhou Kingdom. The first to be affected would definitely be him.
And Su Xin didn't choose the Western Frontier Road.
The Western Frontier was very big, about six or seven times the size of Jiangnan Road. However, the Zhou Kingdom didn't even control one-tenth of it. Almost all the places in the Western Frontier were the territory of Esoteric Buddhism. The Zhou Kingdom only stationed some people at the border as a defense.
Moreover, the Western Frontier was bitter and cold. It was difficult to support Esoteric Buddhism. Su Xin wasn't going there to join in the fun.
Moreover, although Su Xin used to cooperate with Esoteric Buddhism and the relationship between the two seemed to be good, if Su Xin dared to go to the Western Frontier to fight with Buddhism for territory, Buddhism would definitely fall out with him.
In this way, the only choice for Su Xin was the Northwest Road.
The Northwest Road was adjacent to the Golden Horde Kingdom and also to the Zhou Kingdom, but it wasn't in between. Therefore, the war between the Golden Horde Kingdom and the Zhou Kingdom had never affected the Northwest Road.
Moreover, the Northwest Road was vast. Although it wasn't as rich as Jiangnan Road, it was still not bad. At least it was big enough. The only difficult thing to deal with in the entire Northwest Road were some local forces.
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